Given name & surname
Kennie
“born of fire”·“handsome, fair one”·“born of the fire; an attractive man”
Kennie connects to the Kenneth name family through Ken. Interpretations include “born of fire”, “handsome, fair one”, and “born of the fire; an attractive man” (Irish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kennie connects to the Kenneth name family through Ken. Interpretations include “born of fire”, “handsome, fair one”, and “born of the fire; an attractive man” (Irish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kennie connects to the Kenneth name family through Ken. An origin associated with Kenneth is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1896. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kennie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,635
- 1,308 boys · 327 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 44 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,170 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,170 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,067 as a first name in 2020; 319 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kennie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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